NEW HAMPTON — Funeral services for Frank P. Wentz, 70, were held Monday morning at St. Joseph’s church with the Rec. Hugh T. McManus, assistant pastor, officiating. Mr. Wentz died suddenly Saturday morning from a heart attack.

Frank P. Wentz was born March 9, 1872, in Winneshiek county, the son of William and Anna Dietrich Wentz. Mr. Wentz attended school at Calmar and Ossian. Jan. 28, 1902, he was married to Estella Ennessy at New Hampton.

Surviving are his widow, three children, Raymond and Merle in St. Paul, Minn., and Mrs. George Braham of New Hampton; eight brothers and sisters, Lawrence of Chicago; William of New Hampton, George of Ionia, Emanuel of Rockwell City; Joseph and Mrs. Emma Garver, both of Seattle, Wis., Mrs. Sam Shortly, of New Hampton and Mrs. Will Kurtenback of Elma.

SOURCE: Mason City Globe-Gazette, published Tuesday, 24 Mar 1942

Transcriber's note: Misprint: there is no Seattle, Wisc.; they meant Seattle, Wash. Kurtenback is misspelled, it should be Kurtenbach.